Bloomfield Township state Sen. Jeremy Moss will represent Democrats on the November ballot for Michigan's 11th Congressional District after winning the primary Tuesday, Aug. 4, with 49% of the vote, the Associated Press projected.

With all 230 precincts reporting, Moss collected 73,140 votes, according to ClickOnDetroit. Aisha Farooqi finished second with 46,950 (32%), followed by John Paul Torres at 15,410 (10%) and Don Ufford at 12,332 (8%).

The win all but guarantees Moss a seat in Congress. Both Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rate the Oakland County-based district as solidly Democratic. In 2024, outgoing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens won reelection by nearly 19 points. Moss will face Troy Mayor Ethan Baker, who ran unopposed in the Republican primary, in the Nov. 3 general election.

"Thank you Oakland County! It's the honor of a lifetime to be your democratic nominee," Moss posted on X the night of Aug. 4.

The district covers Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Royal Oak, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield Township and Pontiac. Stevens vacated the seat to run for the open U.S. Senate.

Moss, 40, is a lifelong Oakland County resident who attended Groves High School and Michigan State University. He served on the Southfield City Council starting in 2011, then in the Michigan House from 2015 to 2019 before winning his Senate seat. He currently serves as Senate President Pro Tempore, a top Senate Democrat. If elected in November, he would become Michigan's first openly gay member of Congress.

His campaign raised $1.49 million as of July 15, dwarfing Baker's $141,876, Michigan Advance reported. Moss also drew outside support: Think Big, a Super PAC linked to OpenAI and Palantir founders, spent roughly $295,000 on digital advertising for him, and the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus's Equality PAC spent $100,000 since July 1.

Moss entered the race backed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Attorney General Dana Nessel and former Gov. Jim Blanchard. In a C&G Newspapers voter guide published July 14, he listed lowering healthcare, housing and utility costs, protecting Social Security and Medicare, defending voting rights and reproductive freedom, and fighting government corruption as his top congressional priorities.

In the Legislature, Moss has pointed to his work on gun safety reforms passed after the 2023 Michigan State University shooting, an expansion of Michigan's Civil Rights Law and a constitutional amendment improving ballot access.

The general election is Nov. 3. Oakland County residents can check their registration and find polling information at michigan.gov/vote.